Local restaurants helping fundraise for area groups

A pair of Kirksville restaurants are helping area causes with portions of proceeds Tuesday and Wednesday to support both the United Way and a local animal welfare group.

Ruby Tuesday and Colton's in Kirksville are participating in a fundraising effort for the United Way on Tuesday and Ruby Tuesday is continuing the effort for Kirksville-Protect Our Pets Wednesday night.

For the United Way, customers at either Ruby Tuesday with a flyer or at Colton's will have a portion of their meal's price donated toward the fundraising efforts. The Ruby Tuesday flyer is available at http://ow.ly/rxbPg. Fundraising efforts will help the United Way toward the ultimate goal of $250,000.

Ruby Tuesday will also be honoring separate flyers for Kirksville-Protect Our Pets, with portions of each ticket's food sales going toward the animal welfare group. The group aims to increase education and care for animals including the availability of discounted spay/neuter coupons. The Kirksville-Protect Our Pets flyer is available at the group's website at www.kv-pop.org.